kepeken
Pronunciation | /ˈke |
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Usage | 2023: Core (100% ↗︎ )2022: Core (99%) |
Book and era | nimi pu |
Part of speech | Preposition, content word |
Codepoint | U+F1919 |
kepeken is a core preposition and content word relating to use and means.
Etymology[edit | edit source]
The word kepeken is derived from Dutch gebruiken, meaning "to use; to consume."[1]
Semantic space[edit | edit source]
The semantic space of kepeken includes use and means of action.
Preposition[edit | edit source]
As a preposition, kepeken represents the means or way by which a thing is done.
ona tu li toki kepeken iloona tu li toki kepeken ilo.[2]
The two of them spoke using a tool.
Content word[edit | edit source]
As a content word, kepeken can mean used or in use. This is not necessarily majority usage, and the history of kepeken is controversial. See kepeken e for more.
ma-tomo ni la toki mute a li kepekenma tomo ni la toki mute a li kepeken.[3]
In this city, many languages are used.
pu[edit | edit source]
In the "Official Toki Pona Dictionary" section, the book Toki Pona: The Language of Good defines kepeken as:
PREPOSITION to use, with, by means of
ku[edit | edit source]
For Toki Pona Dictionary, respondents in ma pona pi toki pona translated these English words as kepeken:
use5, used2 , operate2 , interact2 , equip2, utilize4 , via3 , employ3
sitelen pona[edit | edit source]
The sitelen pona glyph for kepeken () is derived from the radicals for hand and hammer, representing tool use.
sitelen sitelen[edit | edit source]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ "Word Origins". tokipona.org. Archived from the original on 8 August 2002.
- ↑ jan Kekan San. (15 July 2023). "jan mun". utala musi pi ma pona. Retrieved 10 November 2023.
- ↑ (8 June 2022). "mi lon ma Paris! - toki pona vlog". abi du coeur [@2b-coeur]. YouTube. Retrieved 10 November 2023.
Further reading[edit | edit source]
- "kepeken" on lipu Linku
- "kepeken" on lipu Wikipesija
- "kepeken" on English Wiktionary